Video Review
Cartoons That Time ForgotFrom the Van Beuren Studio
by Gary Johnson

While the 1930s cartoons of Disney, Warner Bros., and Fleischer Studios are still well known today, many of the cartoons from this time period have been largely forgotten. Before Terrytoons Studios found success in the '40s with their Heckle and Jeckle and Mighty Mouse cartoons, Farmer Al Falfa was their major bread winner. Before Woody Woodpecker arrived in the '40s, Walter Lantz survived with Oswald the Rabbit. Ub Iwerks gave us Flip the Frog. Columbia/Screen Gems was the home of Krazy Kat and Scappy. And MGM made time before the arrival of Tom and Jerry with their Happy Harmonies series. Even Warner Bros. struggled through the early '30s with largely forgotten characters such as Bosko and Buddy (until abandoning them for Porky Pig in 1936). Many of these 1930s cartoon characters rarely appear on television today.